Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-116880
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Special:SMWAdmin because it overwrites the wpEditToken with a freshly generated valid token. Attackers can lure an authenticated smw-admin user to a malicious page that triggers schema setup, entity-disposal, or job actions, causing semantic data loss and resource exhaustion.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 1.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.1
References
- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semantic-mediawiki-3.0.0-before-7.3.1-csrf-via-special-smwadmin-maintenance-actions
- https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-7f7v-2qf4-gfq3